10 years ago I was . . .

Alot of us were not here for FF14's launch day. Some of our journey's took longer to get here.

10 years ago on this very hour I was. .

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somewhere in Pandaria. Probably farming Timeless Isle or waiting for a Siege of Orgrimmar group to form.

Where were you at ?

Taking a break from MMOs and nolifing League of Legends.

Iirc playing SWtOR and Rift (could also have just been Rift), my joints were in much better shape then too /sigh

I was here, leveling up a pugilist probably.

Edit: Apparently I unlocked my chocobo yesterday 10 years ago. Neat to look back at the old achievements.

I was here at the beginning of ARR 2.0 so here. My nephew invited me to play this game with him, so I did and have been since. Now I’m playing with my 9 year old daughter and it’s still fun. I got to see this game through it all except 1.0 and it closing the 1st time.

I was already here and apparently clearing Haukke Manor for the first time :O

Still playing Call of Duty Zombies and Borderlands 2

Playing a game (F2P MMO) which was great at the time, but sadly declined more and more as the years went by, with a clear priority shift toward making gamblebox content over all else.

Getting bodied in Team Fortress 2.

Probably playing Tera.
That game seriously spoiled me on tanking and healing. Once its devteam proved to be totally incompetent, moving to XIV was challenging because the gameplay felt sterile in comparison. I actually quit the game around HW at level 5 and didn't come back until post-SB because my first job was a CNJ and the combat was such a turnoff for me. I only stayed the second time around because I had a friend with me that time.

Crazy how despite its incredibly engaging combat system, Tera actually died. It's not in some zombie mode with 30 people playing. It actually shut down. Even with such a great combat system, it was hampered by an incompetent development team/publisher (they were merged) that ran it into the ground with poor player communication, draconian zero-tolerance policies on modding despite modders being the vast majority of the people left in their dying game, infrequent updates, and a whole lot of expensive cash shop content designed to milk the few RPers and modders remaining. These things pushed a lot of players out, until soon the only people playing were just logging in to idle and stare at their characters. One day, completely out of left field, a notice dropped saying they were going to end the service. Wild times.

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infrequent updates, and a whole lot of expensive cash shop content designed to milk the few RPers and modders remaining. These things pushed a lot of players out, until soon the only people playing were just logging in to idle and stare at their characters. One day, completely out of left field, a notice dropped saying they were going to end the service. Wild times.

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Without context, someone could think you talk about FF14 :P

Playing an insane amount of Marvel vs Capcom 3. Good times.

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Originally Posted by SomeGuy22

Playing an insane amount of Marvel vs Capcom 3. Good times.

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:o

Surely you mean ULTIMATE Marvel VS Capcom 3?

14,000+ matches

Loved that damn game.

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Originally Posted by EZGIL

Alot of us were not here for FF14's launch day. Some of our journey's took longer to get here.

10 years ago on this very hour I was. .

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/HauntingTanAuk-max-1mb.gif

somewhere in Pandaria. Probably farming Timeless Isle or waiting for a Siege of Orgrimmar group to form.

Where were you at ?

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No 10 years ago we were in pandaria but it was throne a thunder time. Only reason I can confirm this is my daughter was born August 26th 10 years ago and as raid leader for my guild at the time I had to cancel the raid because my wife went to labor that day. Also a friend of mine XO was talking with the guild and they were asking what class my child was play and EXO said that when my child got old enough she'd be a affliction warlock cuz she's my dotter. Still smile about that joke today

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Originally Posted by Mcg55ss

No 10 years ago we were in pandaria but it was throne a thunder time. Only reason I can confirm this is my daughter was born August 26th 10 years ago and as raid leader for my guild at the time I had to cancel the raid because my wife went to labor that day. Also a friend of mine XO was talking with the guild and they were asking what class my child was play and EXO said that when my child got old enough she'd be a affliction warlock cuz she's my dotter. Still smile about that joke today

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TBH, I was guessing.

OK, I was farming Thunder Isle and waiting for a Throne group :D

I started playing ff14 during phase 4 beta and playing it since then. And before that played various mmo and single player games like runescape and ff11 and still play ff11 off and on.

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Originally Posted by EZGIL

Surely you mean ULTIMATE Marvel VS Capcom 3?

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I do, ye! Wouldn't have my boy Nemesis otherwise, and I don't think I'd have it in me to play against vanilla Phoenix for that long lmao

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Loved that damn game

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Same here, brother. Still one of my favorites to this day

I was playing Guild Wars 2, WoW, and Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine (if they like milking Persona titles so much, how about them doing that).

LoL I was at Burning Man.

Begging my then boyfriend now husband to buy me a PS3 because my Acer was a pile of poop.

Still playing SC2. That would've been right around HOTS.

Shooting down UAVs in call of duty

10 years ago I was in Panderia. Little did I know I was experiencing the last expansion that I would actually enjoy in WoW. I stuck around till Mid-BFA and came here never looking back. I played WoW from Vanilla btw.

Cheating, because it's 9 years ago.... buuut was hanging w/ the wife.

https://i.ibb.co/7SgByf5/ffxiv-07072014-000201.png

Also holy crap how empty is that aetheryte plaza!?

..Also apparently running CT roulettes like I always do:

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10 years ago I made the mistake of starting a new character for ARR because all my class levels on my 1.0 character were from power-leveling cheat in the Ixal fortress which I felt a little guilty about and I wanted to try the new 1-50 experience completely from scratch even though I could have just leveled Arcanist.

Then I sunk tons of mogstation purchases and event titles on the new character and feel like I'm in too deep to go back to my character that has the tattoo, 1.0 Goobbue mount, assorted 1.0 items, and the special 1.0 titles. I briefly considered going back way back in ARR but I didn't want to farm Ironworks gear again. Oh well. At least my old character stands like a museum from the old times with the MNK AF armor and Garuda fists that were (nearly) BiS at the end of things.

I was in the middle of playing WoW at the time when a family member told me that the free open beta had started for FF XIV. I swiftly logged off, downloaded FF XIV on my PS3 and before I knew it, 6 or so months had passed since I actually played WoW. The thought hadn't even crossed my mind until then.

I can’t remember what I did 10 days ago, let alone 10 years ago!

Trophy hunting on the PlayStation, and playing Battlefield predominantly.

I joined in early 2014, so in 2013 I was probably waiting on/playing Last of Us on PS3, and getting bored of Aion/Tera.

Age of Conan after losing interest to Elins and Cascanians, i mean losing interest to Tera.
Joined early 2014

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10 years ago I was in Panderia. Little did I know I was experiencing the last expansion that I would actually enjoy in WoW. I stuck around till Mid-BFA and came here never looking back. I played WoW from Vanilla btw.

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Wish I left then...I stuck around hoping for improvement...05-22 I entered the realm of the dead and never left

Playing LOTRO, I still hop back on on occasion to play with the music system.

Edit found something that I made 10 years ago: me playing a composition of "Mother Earth and Father Time" from the 1970s Charlotte's Web movie I made using the music system. It's me playing in real time with the keyboard so the tempo is slow and fumbly with me trying to remember they keybinds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5MV64ecBRw

Ten years ago, I still had a smidgen of hope for the future. I miss those days.

I also miss my knees not crackling and my back not creaking. There may be some relation.

I was also in Pandaria, probably working on the daily faction grind. That grind was getting pretty old at that point and you felt like if you missed a day you'd get way behind. I've always liked how there is daily stuff in XIV but I can choose to do it or not do it and the effect is minimal.

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Originally Posted by EZGIL

Alot of us were not here for FF14's launch day. Some of our journey's took longer to get here.

10 years ago on this very hour I was. .

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/HauntingTanAuk-max-1mb.gif

somewhere in Pandaria. Probably farming Timeless Isle or waiting for a Siege of Orgrimmar group to form.

Where were you at ?

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I was in Basic. Also in Red Phase. I wasn't having fun.

Camping, fishing and picking berries in the middle of the Tundra in polar bear territory (for real).

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Originally Posted by Toutatis

Camping, fishing and picking berries in the middle of the Tundra in polar bear territory (for real).

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People say polar bears are cute. From a distance. Don' make one angry or you'll be dead before you know it.

Polar bears have no chill.

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Originally Posted by Renalt

People say polar bears are cute. From a distance. Don' make one angry or you'll be dead before you know it.

Polar bears have no chill.

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I know some ppl that have been attacked. Some survived, a few didn't. I had one 30 ft behind me once and people started screaming Nanuk! Nanuk! (edit: bear in Inuktitut) and shot it in the air to scare it. Most of the time they are scared by noise. Never go where the ice breaks as they wait for fish there too.

Was a no life MMO player. Playing 1.0 and WoW at the same time. Kicked the WoW bucket with Trash of Azeroth. Then XIV became my MMO of choice and haven't really touched much of any other MMO since despite having played or tried most of the big title ones.

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Originally Posted by Toutatis

Camping, fishing and picking berries in the middle of the Tundra in polar bear territory (for real).

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Oooooo! That sounds both fun and dangerous at the same time. I hope you had a great time.

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Originally Posted by Renalt

People say polar bears are cute. From a distance. Don' make one angry or you'll be dead before you know it.

Polar bears have no chill.

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For certain. Whenever I went camping I stayed away from areas with bears, let alone, polar bears. I have a healthy respect and fear of them.

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Originally Posted by Toutatis

I know some ppl that have been attacked. Some survived, a few didn't. I had one 30 ft behind me once and people started screaming Nanuk! Nanuk! (edit: bear in Inuktitut) and shot it in the air to scare it. Most of the time they are scared by noise. Never go where the ice breaks as they wait for fish there too.

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YIKES! I've heard the same thing about staying away from ice breaks even in Ohio because many predators, like wolves and black bears, wait for fish and waterfowl nearby. Plus, it's just good sense not to be walking around on ice that has cracks or breaks in it to begin with.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

Ten years ago, I still had a smidgen of hope for the future. I miss those days.

I also miss my knees not crackling and my back not creaking. There may be some relation.

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I'm sorry, The Mighty Mollusk. I miss those days too. It really sucks when you become intimately aware of your fragility and mortality.
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Ten years ago, I has just been declared 100% disabled in court and eligible for disability. Bored with TV, and deeply unsatisfied with WoW, I decided to take up FFXIV after seeing the "Answers" trailer. I may be wrong but I think I started out as a plainsfolk lalafell pugilist named Nonomy Nomy who fought not for fame or glory, nor a deep desire to help others, but to challenge herself. She was a fun character and I still have her around. :)